Working to address and mitigate barriers to housing opportunity requires passion, creativity and a clear vision of how prosperous, equitable communities work. Community-based organizations are innovating approaches to mitigating residential displacement, inclusive anti-poverty strategies, and creating successful pathways to homeownership for those who experience the greatest barriers to this core asset building step. Learn from leaders from across the state what new strategies are working, how community engagement supports self-determination, and how funding is being secured for these innovations in creating inclusive and prosperous communities. Moderator: Roberto Jiménez , Farmworker Housing Development Corporation Travis Phillips, Pathways 1000 Plan, Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCR!) Jen Matheson, Northwest Health Foundation Amy Cubbage, Habitat for Humanity Mid-Willamette Valley

1. Affordable Home
Ownership
Amy Cubbage
Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-
Willamette Valley
Salem, OR

2. Partnership
Housing
Habitat for Humanity
Salem, OR
300 to 500 hours
of sweat equity;
16 hours class
Final
approval for
0% APR
home loan
Selection:
• Need for
housing
• Ability to pay
• Willingness to
partner
Volunteer
family
advocates

3. South Salem
• Median income
• Demographics
• Average home prices

4. South Salem
Strategies & Solutions
• 22 lots
• More inclusive

5. Affordable
Home
Ownership
Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-
Willamette Valley
Salem, OR
Amy Cubbage
amy@salemhabitat.org
(503) 364-6642 Ext. 103

6. Community Based Strategies
for Displacement Mitigation

7. Displacement Mitigation
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8. Pathway 1000
• A PCRI initiative to develop 1,000 new affordable homes for
rental and ownership by 2025
• Increase the overall inventory of affordable housing in
North and Northeast Portland.
• Create a pipeline back into N/NE Portland neighborhoods
for families who have been involuntarily displaced
• Ensures related economic opportunity benefits and lifts up
displaced/disadvantaged community members
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9. History of Gentrification in NE Portland
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10. History of Involuntary Displacement and
Gentrification in NE Portland
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• Gentrification vs. displacement
• Who has been displaced? Why?
• The results of involuntary displacement

11. History of Gentrification in NE Portland
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12. Effects of Displacement
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• Housing insecurity and “root shock”
• Poverty and housing cost burden
• Health disparities
• Disparate educational outcomes and achievement
• Displacement of community businesses, lost economic
opportunity

13. Mitigation of Gentrification in NE Portland
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14. Preventing Future Displacement
• Prioritizing housing stability for existing residents
• Right to return waitlist priority actively mitigates displacement
• Preserving and expanding affordable housing in gentrifying
areas
• Ensuring economic opportunity, stability for existing
businesses and residents
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15. Preventing Future Displacement
• Planning for change, aligning housing with economic
opportunity
• Strategic partnerships and development opportunity
• Affordable rental to homeownership continuum
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